Trusted legacy news outlets and their totally normal footer ad blocks

On Elvis and EPiC

This is the end, society is kaput, the last vestige of a civilized nation has fallen

This is Worf’s best hair. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

Sound the alarm: Sheila O'Malley has written about EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/epic...

Also, with Rush and Phish overlapping at MSG this summer.... it isn't totally crazy to think about a sit in. I don't see Rush opening up to have Trey join them. But Phish bringing Geddy out to sing "Take Off to the Great White North"??????

First interview with Anika Nilles since she got the Rush gig - in a Dutch drum mag (in English.) Item! Rush tour will feature new setlist each night. This means my show may not feature "YYZ"?!??! Will I need to chase "YYZ"??? www.slagwerkkrant.nl/muzieknieuws...

Remember when Laverne and Shirley participated in a Milgram-esque series of experiments to make extra cash and it (surprise!) backfired? I saw this when I was 6 or so (in re-runs) and never laughed so hard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF7W...

No mail service yesterday or today. What happened to “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”? The country is falling apart.

How your email finds me.

If you work in media and have the power to spotlight/amplify things, print this out and tape it over your computer. The specific context is irrelevant, this happens every day, and eventually there are ramifications.

Allow me to ruin one of the finest works of 20th century art. hoffstack.substack.com/p/allow-me-t...

What would happen if I dialed '0' for Operator on my mobile phone?

Facebook is a wild party

The Wegmans "Mixed Berry" seltzer is BAD! This is unexpected because the "Raspberry" rules. But add some "Mixed" to it and its BLUCKKK!

Your post caused me to check in on Di Meola. Thankfully the man is alive AND WELL

Nov 17, 1981 - Al DiMeola sat in with Frank Zappa and his group at the Ritz in NYC (previously and once again Webster Hall.) A prog-fusion jam that you will either instantly love or find repulsive. No middle ground!!! Check this out and get back to me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4P...

100% medically accurate.

He has paid his dues, you dorks!! www.polygon.com/martin-scors...

Since everybody is abuzz with Matt Johnson love, I have dug up his appearance on my old Star Trek podcast. He shows up at the 29:50 mark here -- open.spotify.com/episode/3lZ3...

Frederick Wiseman spent 1967 on, some six decades, wandering America and the world filming how it works (and, often, doesn’t), retreating to an editing room, then going back out and doing it all over again. What a life! RIP to one of the actual greatest

What a sad day. I wrote about the passing of a titan of nonfiction filmmaking, Frederick Wiseman. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Hands-down my best celebrity-sighting-in-the-wild was seeing, while visiting Paris, Fred Wiseman crossing the Pont Neuf one day. I stopped for a second and just gawped. Frederick effing Wiseman! I was too scared to say anything to him, but I savored that moment of being in the presence of greatness.

Print this out.

In my line of work, I watch a ton of middling documentaries. Constantly — CONSTANTLY — I find myself muttering "if Frederick Wiseman were doing this, it could work..." From a mental asylum to a Michelin restaurant. An unparalleled body of work. R.I.P.

The Films of the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ranked

From 1997: Here is Howard Stern summarizing THE APOSTLE for Robert Duvall, who ultimately has to tell him to stop talking. This exchange has stayed with me for 29 years. Incredible comedy. Cued it for you. youtu.be/v2-t5GxqOUc?...

There are 32 different Wuthering Heightses but only one Bilge Ebiri (and this project nearly did him in!) www.vulture.com/article/the-...

I wish I could buy a whole bag of that one weird-tasting pistachio.

At least once a day now I send a crazy video I see online to friends and say "uhhhh, is this AI?" and a) it usually is and b) I am genuinely unsure. This is deeply troubling!!

Happy Presidents' Day

Yesterday a 102-year-old woman taught me how to play Rummikub. One of the moves in this game is called "going down." As such, I had a 102-year-old woman look me in the eye and say "now your wife can go down" & it took all my power not to go full Dangerfield and say "why would she start now?"

This should really be a question asked in every interview.

A Bill Evans biopic debuted at Berlin. David Rooney's review in THR is v. positive and my friend Bilge Ebiri reported back to me "Good Movie." The opening is set at the Vanguard during the '61 performances. In 2005 every note from there was released in one spot. open.spotify.com/album/0rdlBk...

I've always been a bit of a jazz agnostic but the thrilling opening sequence in EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS at the Village Vanguard in 1961 had me glued from the start. Deserves to be a breakout role for Anders Danielsen Lie as the influential pianist. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Hello! I wrote (what I think is) a very fun piece about The Washington Post, THE POST, and most specifically ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN for Foreign Policy. This link should launch you over the paywall. foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/12/a...

I watched 10 versions of Wuthering Heights, ranging from awesome to lousy. Find out where Emerald Fennell's reimagining falls... time.com/7378467/wuth...

I hate to do this, but the time between the end of the original Battlestar Galactica ("Galactica 80") and the commencement of the "new" Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi Channel's initial miniseries) is now equal at 23 years. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Exciting #jazz and #film news from #Berlin from the reliable #critc Peter Bradshaw over on #X

The Ending of Your Life, Explained